Coaxial cable connector
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorEric Purdy
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Abstract
A connector coaxial cable connector comprising a connector body having an outer ramped surface, a post, engageable with the connector body, a coupling member, axially rotatable with respect to the post, and a compression portion structurally integral with the connector body, the compression portion having a ramped inner surface, wherein the inner ramped surface is configured to cooperate with the outer ramped surface during compression of the compression portion onto a portion of the connector body. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided.
Claims16
A coaxial cable connector comprising;
- a connector body having an outer ramped surface;
- a post, engageable with the connector body;
- a coupling member, axially rotatable with respect to the post;
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- a compression portion structurally integral with the connector body, the compression portion having a ramped inner surface,
- wherein the inner ramped surface is configured to cooperate with the outer ramped surface when the compression portions breaks away from the connector body during compression of the compression portion onto a portion of the connector body.
A coaxial cable connector comprising;
- a connector body having a first end and a second end, the connector body including an outer ramped surface proximate the second end;
- a post engageable with the connector body;
- a coupling member, axially rotatable with respect to the post;
- a compression portion sharing a frangible connection with the connector body, the frangible connection being defined by the outer ramped surface of the connector body and an internal annular groove.
A coaxial cable connector comprising;
- a connector body having a first end and a second end, the connector body including an outer ramped surface proximate the second end;
- a post engageable with the connector body;
- a coupling member, axially rotatable with respect to the post;
- a compression portion sharing a frangible connection with the connector body;
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- a stress concentrator positioned proximate the frangible connection;
- wherein the stress concentrator is an internal annular groove comprising two opposingly ramped inner surfaces.
A method of fastening a coaxial cable to a coaxial cable, the method comprising:
- providing a coaxial cable connector including:
- a connector body having an outer ramped surface;
- a post, engageable with the connector body;
- a coupling member, axially rotatable with respect to the post;
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- a compression portion structurally integral with the connector body, the compression portion having a ramped inner surface;
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- axially compressing the compression portion to securably attach the connector to the coaxial cable and form an environmental seal around the coaxial cable, wherein the inner ramped surface is configured to cooperate with the outer ramped surface during the axial compression of the compression portion onto a portion of the connector body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.